has_shortcode() – Function | Developer.WordPress.org

Determines whether the passed content contains the specified shortcode.

Parameters

$contentstringrequired

Content to search for shortcodes.

$tagstringrequired

Shortcode tag to check.

Return

bool Whether the passed content contains the given shortcode.

Source

function has_shortcode( $content, $tag ) {
	if ( ! str_contains( $content, '[' ) ) {
		return false;
	}

	if ( shortcode_exists( $tag ) ) {
		preg_match_all( '/' . get_shortcode_regex() . '/', $content, $matches, PREG_SET_ORDER );
		if ( empty( $matches ) ) {
			return false;
		}

		foreach ( $matches as $shortcode ) {
			if ( $tag === $shortcode[2] ) {
				return true;
			} elseif ( ! empty( $shortcode[5] ) && has_shortcode( $shortcode[5], $tag ) ) {
				return true;
			}
		}
	}
	return false;
}

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Changelog

VersionDescription
3.6.0Introduced.